Audio​/Video Intern, HQ; Summer

Job Description

POLITICO is seeking an exceptional college student or recent graduate for its Summer 2027 audio/video internship. This role offers hands-on experience in editorial production, content distribution and multimedia storytelling. You’ll work closely with producers and editors to support daily production needs while learning how a fast-paced newsroom creates and distributes journalism across platforms.

You’re excited about audio, video, podcasting, or digital storytelling You enjoy both creative and technical aspects of media production You’re eager to contribute to projects from pre- to post-production

• Support daily audio and video production workflows across the team
• Conduct research on various topics, individuals and current events to support show editorial process
• Source archival footage, soundbites, and relevant assets for audio and video
• Assist with clipping interviews and live events
• Assist with recording sessions, live transcripts and provide production support in real time
• Help maintain organized production files, metadata, and documentation
• Upload and manage content across CMS, You Tube, podcast, and social platforms
• Collect performance metrics from various platforms

• Strong passion for journalism, Washington, politics and policy
• Demonstrated Interest in multimedia production, editing, podcasting or platform innovation
• Familiarity with editing software, production tools, or social publishing platforms is a plus
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently under deadlines
• Excellent news judgement
• Entrepreneurial mindset
• Proven experience in a newsroom. At least one professional news media internship or job preferred

• Work on some of the biggest stories in Washington as they unfold, with a behind-the-scenes view of how news gets made
• Be a full-time associate producer.
• Work independently (and with your team) on shooting, clipping, editing, booking and more.
• Produce in the field as needed
• Build your skills through biweekly intern-specific trainings, newsroom sessions and direct feedback

• Dates:
  June-August 2027
• Pay: $23/hr
• Schedule:
  
  Hybrid, full-time 40 hours/week
• Location:
  
  Arlington, VA (HQ)
• Final date to receive applications:
  Monday, October 26 2026 at 11:59pm EST

POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow's headlines, not reports on yesterday's news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital. Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy.

We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes. Our 1,100+ publishing professionals across the world's key democratic capitals-Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York-form the world's premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don't even know exist.

Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.

These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and…